Radiolab: Yellow Fluff

In this hour of Radiolab stories of discovery. We take a grand tour of characters and their stories of love and loss in the name of science.

One of the great and noble pursuits of humankind, the quest for
scientific knowledge is also one of the most dangerous,
frustrating, ego-driven, transcendent, sublime, dirty, long,
demoralizing, inspiring... you get the idea. Why are inquiry and
discovery so seductive?